:: Saturday, February 12, 2005 ::

Not really new media related but a thing that just puzzled me as a Dutchman. Why is Piet Mondriaan's surname always spelled with one a instead of the orginal two in Anglo Saxon countries? A swift research gave some partial answers. After a conflict in 1912 with his uncle Frits Mondriaan, who disagreed with Piet's abstraction, Mondriaan started to sign his paintings with Mondrian instead of Mondriaan. Probably this and because Mondriaan with one a (so Mondrian) is easier to pronounce in English is the cause that Mondriaan is nowadays almost worldwide spelled with one a. In the Netherlands however we still spell it with two a's and even the largest art funding foundation overhere is still called Mondriaan Foundation.
:: Peter Luining [+] ::
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Yet another reminder of an important opportunity for net art

COMP_05: TURBULENCE JURIED INTERNATIONAL NET ART COMPETITION

New Radio and Performing Arts, Inc. is pleased to announce that with the support of the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, 5 net art projects will be commissioned for the Turbulence web site in a juried international (open to everyone) competition. Each commission will be $5,000 (US).

DEADLINE: March 31, 2005

GUIDELINES: http://turbulence.org/
comp_05/guidelines.htm

JURORS: Wayne Ashley (US), Arcangel Constantini (Mexico), Sara Diamond (Canada), Melinda Rackham (Australia), and Helen Thorington (US).
:: Eduardo Navas [+] ::
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spatial [ http://www.nga.gov.au/spatial ] is the new online exhibition environment at the National Gallery of Australia. Placing an emphasis on experimentation, spatial showcases single web works for period of 9 weeks from both emerging and established Australian and global networked artists.
:: molly hankwitz [+] ::
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RHIZOME.ORG NET ART COMMISSIONS

CALL FOR PROPOSALS

+ Deadline for proposals: March 23, 2005 +
Rhizome.org is pleased to announce that with support from
Greenwall Foundation, the Jerome Foundation, the Andy Warhol
Foundation for the Visual Arts, and the National Endowment
for the Arts, between eight and ten new net-art projects
(works of art that are made to be experienced online) will
be commissioned in 2005.

The fee for each commission will range from $1,500 - $3,500.

+ For more information+http://www.rhizome.org
If you have any questions about the Rhizome.org Net Art
Commissions, please contact Francis Hwang at
francis@rhizome.org or 212.219.1222 X202.

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:: molly hankwitz [+] ::
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Tomorrow, 10 February 2005, Net Art Review will present our first monthly features, including writings by Eduardo Navas and Molly Hankwitz. We hope you enjoy this expanded format. You may send any comments in its regards to editor@netartreview.net

New features will be posted on the tenth of next month.
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Third Annual THAILAND NEW MEDIA ARTS FESTIVAL (MAF05)

Thailand New Media Arts Festival: “Intimacy::Digital Skin”
First Event: 25-28 February, 2005
(Major Event: 24-28 June, 2005)
Contact: Francis Wittenberger, Festival Founder, 09-9541719

Thailand New Media Arts Festival is committed to the exchange,
innovation and celebration of ideas in the merger of art and
technology.

"The increasing usage of communication technology
in Thailand combined with the unique Thai lifestyle and
cultureis an excellent environment for exciting Media Art to
emerge and fertilize the global art scene,” says Francis
Wittenberger,Festival Founder and Artistic Director.

Dedicated to the victims of the tsunami, the February event
(MAF05_FEB) will foster global solidarity and cultural
rebuilding. Alongside international forums, there will be
performances, screenings and lectures by 16 international
visiting artists.The artists will demonstrate the use of emerging technologies to produce net-art, software art, digital film and interactive art installations--showcasing a variety of international works that may be considered "art which reaches beyond age and language."

The Third Annual Thailand New Media Arts Festival (MAF05) is
organized by the Initiative for Cultural Exchange and Computer
Arts, Thailand (ICECA) and curated by Francis Wittenberger in
collaboration with Juhani Koivumäki, Marco Brizzi, Douglas
Irving Repetto, Prof. Michael Bielicky, Maria Rita Silvestri,
Shankar Barua and Lucinda Catchlove.

Festival’s major event will take place 24-28 June, 2005 and
will draw on the innovations of the first part, hosting the
full range of lectures, presentations and exhibits and
installations.
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Online references

Thailand New Media Festival 2005
http://thailand.culturebase.org/MAF05

Thailand New Media Festival and ICECA
http://thailand.culturebase.org

iMage / Beyond Media Festival, Italy
http://www.image-web.org/

BananaRAM Festival, Italy
http://www.bananaram.org

ArtBots, USA
http://artbots.org/

IDEA, India
http://retiary.net/idea/

Academy of Fine Arts, Prague
http://leo.avu.cz/

British Council Thailand
http://www.britishcouncil.or.th

Alliance Française of Bangkok
http://www.alliance-francaise.or.th

Bed Supperclub Bangkok
http://www.bedsupperclub.com


:: molly hankwitz [+] ::
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EXCERPT: Tomorrow ARCO '05 (Madrid), the largest artfair in the world, will open it's doors again. Besides that there's a new media curatorial project presented by Mike Tribe called blackbox, there's also the new media art project by Antonio Cerveira-Pinto for the MEIAC. 3 Parts of his project will be shown at the Arco. One of the parts consists out of a presentation of the latest aquisitions of software- and netart by the museum. For a explanation of Cerveira-Pinto's and MEIAC's stunning project look at the full press release below.

Check the monthly features tomorrow for the complete posting on this event.

Direct link to Antonio Cerveira-Pinto's Metamorfosis project:
http://metamorfosis.risco.pt
Link to the Spanish Museum (Museo Extremeño e Iberoamericano de Arte Contemporáneo): http://www.meiac.org

:: Peter Luining [+] ::
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The UK-based "Crumb" list has an excellent theme for the month of February: Conserving New Media Art. The discussion is generating information that is vital for folks working in this area. Archives for this and other threads occurring this month here.


:: ana boa-ventura [+] ::
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Computer Fine Arts announces its latest additions to the collection:

Gregory Chatonsky
- Revolution New York

Curt Cloninger - synesthetic bubble gum cards, the ornamental pack

Reynald Drouhin - !c!, j-eux, om

Antoine Schmitt - the witness, the hole

Philip Wood - summer 2004
:: Eduardo Navas [+] ::
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Resultados/results da/of the "Civic Exchange Competition" para/for Lower Manhattan

em Portugues/ in Portuguese (read below for English version)
Antenna Design venceu o concurso "Civic Exchange Competition" para uma instalacao em Lower Manhattan. O concurso foi promovido pelo Van Alen Institute , Architectural League e pela Hugh L. Carey Battery Park City Authority. Johh Maeda foi um dos 6 membros do juri. Press Release

Antenna Design is the winner of the Civic Exchange Competition for an information installation in Lower Manhattan, promoted by the Van Alen Institute , the Architectural League and the Hugh L. Carey Battery Park City Authority. Johh Maeda was one of the 6 jury members. Press Release

:: ana boa-ventura [+] ::
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